Speaking of yesterday at Loring Park... I'm 95% certain I saw a common loon there at about 7:00 PM. I didn't have binocs, but it was about 50-70 feet away, in the middle of the bigger lake. It had the sharp, all-black head of the common loon; it was making swift diving runs (and there is an abundance of fish in the lake); it wasn't a cormorant or any kind of merganser or grebe. I went back, surreptitiously, with better binocs while "getting takeout", but it was there no longer.
I used to think that common loons were reclusive and anthrophobic, but after seeing them "socialize" with a boat, bank-casting fishermen, and a gaggle birders up near Gunflint lodge, and seeing one on Lake Calhoun in April, I'm not so sure. You bird, you learn. Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: rodge027 [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 2:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou] Minneapolis Hi. I'm extremely new to birding, as well as this list, so I'm not sure if this will be of interest to anyone--Yesterday, at Loring Park in Minneapolis, I saw a Green Heron, and what I believe were a Great Egret and a Great Blue Heron. Also, my friend and I are going birding July 1st through the 6th (I'm not sure if this is a good time or not)--starting around Fergus Falls, up to around Bemidji (I think). If anyone has a pointers, things to look out for, etc, I'd love to hear. --Tiffany *Every word is a prejudice* --Nietzsche _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
